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wands, n. pl. ? Obs.
Also 5 waynys, 6 wanes, wannes, wandes.
[Of obscure origin; the conjecture in some Dicts. that the word is a. Da. vand (:—ON. vatn) is inadmissible.
In view of the alternative designations quoted below, it seems not impossible that the word may represent OE. *waᵹiend, agent-n. from waᵹian to shake, toss.]
Only in Orwell wands, ‘the roadstead off Harwich harbour, now known as the Rolling Grounds and Pitching Grounds’ (R. G. Marsden in Eng. Hist. Rev. XXI. 96).
14..Sailing Directions (Hakl. Soc.) 12 Fro Orfordnesse to Orwell waynys the course is southwest. 1544State Papers Hen. VIII, I. 772 Where we lay in Orwell-wanes. a1554Sir H. Willoughby in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 268 The 15 day being at Harewell..we wayed our ankers and went foorth into the wands about two miles from the towne. |